sphenoid bone
Britishnoun
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On the inferior aspect of the skull, each half of the sphenoid bone forms two thin, vertically oriented bony plates.
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The pituitary gland is cradled within the sellaturcica of the sphenoid bone of the skull.
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The pituitary, seated in the sella turcica of the sphenoid bone, is directly inferior to the optic chiasm.
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It is located within the body of the sphenoid bone, just anterior and inferior to the sella turcica, thus making it the most posterior of the paranasal sinuses.
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Pitūī′ta, Pit′uite, phlegm.—Pituitary body, a rounded body of the size of a small bean, situated in the sella turcica in the sphenoid bone on the floor of the cavity of the skull.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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